Walking the Ancient Path in a Modern World
It’s Samhain, or Halloween and I’m travelling to Valle Crucis Abbey in Llangollen in the heart of the night. The idea is that I will meet with Cailleach and Duignan to take advantage of the thin veil between the Middle Earth and The Underworld. If you need a “catch up” on these two “personalities” then … Read More “Samhain 2016 – Valle Crucis and The Thin Veil” »
In this second part of my Samhain visit to Tinkinswood I tell about how I negotiate the charging of my new yew staff at a sacred site near to Cardiff. The site is a ‘burial chamber’, and was chosen due to the amazing response we got from it on our last visit. Having travelled over … Read More “Samhain 2013 p2 – Charging the Stag Staff” »
Samhain is a point of extreme contrast. It is in opposition to the bright awakening of Imbolc, and is the point of darkening – the clocks go back, the days shorten noticeably, the sun weakens, and the separation between the souls of the living and those of the dead is momentarily dissolved. This last aspect is … Read More “Samhain 2013 p1 – Tinkinswood and The Blood Ring” »
In a way you judge someone by the quality of the places that they take you to. Recently I was taken to a place the day before Samhain this year. I had once so nearly visited but somehow circumstances had conspired to make me miss it by only a short distance. Now I had a … Read More “Samhain 2011 – Clulow Cross” »
Llangernyw, Conwy, Wales – 23rd October, 2010 For the first half of the year our visits to Llangernyw were characterised by Kal having experiences or encounters with death energies, earthbound spirits or shades, however you want to term the spirits of the dead. As befits a graveyard they are around and about and thanks to … Read More “Samhain 2010 – Part 3: The Next Quest” »
Dinas Emrys, Gwynedd, Wales – 23rd October 2010. Now we come to the crux of the matter – the culmination of my Samhain preparations. I had cut, cured and carved a wand made of rowan in preparation for this visit to Dinas Emrys, the legendary castle of Merlin. Here I was expecting to involve the … Read More “Samhain 2010 – Part 2: Lowering Merlin’s Rowan” »
Llanddeiniolen village, Gwynedd, North Wales – Saturday 23rd October 2010 Many months ago Kal and I had decided that we would choose the nearest full moon to Samhain as the time to go out and celebrate this important festival. For us, Samhain meant an opening between worlds, a chance to interact with the world of … Read More “Samhain 2010 – Part 1: Strong Red, Second Llanddeiniol Church” »
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